ALE agents arrest Jacksonville mini-mart employees for illegal drugs

By N.C. Department of Public Safety

Published: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at 04:59 PM.

WILMINGTON – North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement agents arrested two employees of a Jacksonville mini-mart for possession of 22 grams of Cathinone, an illegal stimulant known as Khat. Agents were conducting a routine investigation July 21 at the Expressway Mini-Mart at 1261 Gum Branch Road, an Alcoholic Beverage Control permitted outlet, when they found the drugs. One arrest was made yesterday and a second arrest today.

Mohammed Mosleh Al-Somairy and Adiel Ahmed El Sumeri are each being held in the Onslow County Jail on $50,000 secured bonds.

“ALE is focusing their efforts on ABC-permitted establishments to ensure the stores, restaurants or bars are operating within the law,” said D.J. Hales, ALE special agent in charge of the Wilmington office. “Every drug dealer taken out of circulation helps remove the criminal element from society.”

WILMINGTON – North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement agents arrested two employees of a Jacksonville mini-mart for possession of 22 grams of Cathinone, an illegal stimulant known as Khat. Agents were conducting a routine investigation July 21 at the Expressway Mini-Mart at 1261 Gum Branch Road, an Alcoholic Beverage Control permitted outlet, when they found the drugs. One arrest was made yesterday and a second arrest today.

Mohammed Mosleh Al-Somairy and Adiel Ahmed El Sumeri are each being held in the Onslow County Jail on $50,000 secured bonds.

“ALE is focusing their efforts on ABC-permitted establishments to ensure the stores, restaurants or bars are operating within the law,” said D.J. Hales, ALE special agent in charge of the Wilmington office. “Every drug dealer taken out of circulation helps remove the criminal element from society.”

Charges:

Mohammed Mosleh Al-Somairy, 32, of Jacksonville

• Felony possession of Schedule 1 controlled substance

• Felony maintaining a business for keeping or selling controlled substance

• Being a permittee knowingly allow violation of Chapter 90 to occur on the ABC licensed premises